This is why the cruel Kebbi father tied up his son with animals for two years

Father of the 12 years old boy Aliyu Umar, who chained his son for two years has been arrested by police command in Kebbi, local government.

DSP Nafi'u Abubakar has said that the father who chained his son for two years in an animal stall in Badariya has revealed that his son has Down Syndrome.

The command's public relations officer, Abubakar,in an interview with the News Agency in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday added that, the father admitted to the police that he tied up the boy with a rope due to his inability to sustain his medication.

“The father had claimed that he had taken the boy to native doctors for medication up to the extent of selling some of his properties, but all in vain".

“Instead, he decided to prevent him from roaming about in the town, stoning peoples’ vehicles as well as injuring himself, which could lead to his death.”

He, again stated, that the Police had arraigned Umar before Chief Magistrate Court 1, Birnin Kebbi, on a charge of cruelty to a minor.

NAN recalls that the boy, Jibrin Aliyu, was, on August 9, found at his father’s residence tied with a rope alongside with animals and chickens and was in that condition for two years after the demise of his mother.

Apparently, the boy is now on admission at Sir Yahaya Memorial Hospital, Birnin Kebbi.